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Prof Mahmood calls on INEC officials to be patriotic and professional in Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi Guber

By Editor November 10, 2023 80

By Emmanuel Kwada Prof. Mahmood Yakubu of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), addresses officials (Both regular and ad-hoc) in the governorship elections scheduled for November 11, 2023 in the states of Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi. In a statement released late on Thursday, 9 November, 2023, on the Commission’s verified Twitter (X) handle, the electoral Continue Reading

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Kogi gov’ship: Igala youths protest in Abuja, demand REC’s removal

By Editor June 7, 2023 172 0

  The Igala Youth Leaders Assembly (IYLA) has demanded the immediate redeployment of the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Kogi State, Dr Hale Gabriel Longpet, for his open partisanship in managing the affairs of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state. Speaker of the IYLA, Dr. Ojoachele Akor Felix, at a protest and […]Continue Reading

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Flood: FG to relocate 10,000 persons in Kogi

By Editor March 14, 2023 161 0

The Federal Government is to relocate 10,000 persons in Mosun Community in Bassa Local Government Area of Kogi following the rampaging activities of the River Benue during raining season. Alhaji Abubakar Yelwa, the Managing Director of the Hydro-Electricity Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC), made this known during a tour of the affected communities in Continue Reading

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Uk’Omu Igala calls for caution on Bello’s Query To Ohinoyi of Ebira

By Editor January 12, 2023 161 0

UK’OMU IGALA ORGANIZATION Uk’Omu Igala calls for caution on Bello’s Query To Ohinoyi of Ebira Uk’Omu Igala Organization, an umbrella body for all socio-cultural organizations in Kogi East, has called on Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello to rethink his query to Ohinoyi of Ebira, Dr Ado Ibrahim, for not properly welcoming President Muhammadu Buhari during […]Continue Reading

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Fact-check: Is Kogi State Government up-to-date with salaries payment?

By Editor October 6, 2022 268 0

 By Daniel Adaji Claim: On Wednesday, September 21, 2022, Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, in an interview on Arise TV, claimed that he was up-to-date with salaries payment in the state. He also claimed that his administration did not owe any civil servant salaries. According to him, “Most times… we question and query these […]Continue Reading

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Shedding blood for political power in Kogi East

By Theophilus Abbah March 3, 2019 239 0

By Ojotule Adogo Many Nigerians are exchanging banters while congratulating President Muhammadu Buhari for winning the 2019 presidential election. But at the same moment, many families in Kogi East, especially Igala-speaking communities, are mourning as a result of the killings and violence perpetuated by desperate All Progressives Congress (APC) agents during the Continue Reading

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Let’s adopt 6-year single term – Robert Audu

By Theophilus Abbah March 3, 2019 380 0

Chief Robert Audu is a former permanent secretary who served in several ministries, including being the Permanent Secretary (Political) in The Presidency. He was a member of the 2005 and 2014 political conferences. In this interview Chief Audu argues in support of restructuring in aspects of control of mineral resources, police, prisons, term of office […]Continue Reading